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In the Story of the Three Kingdoms, Zhuge Liang proposed to Liu Bei a grand strategy of occupying Jingzhou, Yizhou, and Hanzhong successively in Longzhong, and Liu Bei also perfectly followed Zhuge Liang's strategic plan, successfully occupied Jingzhou, and later plotted against Ma Chao, thus successfully capturing Chengdu and building a base camp of the Shu Han group in Chengdu.
So what happened to Liu Zhang, the Yizhou Mu who surrendered to Liu Bei? In this issue of "Ink Says Three Kingdoms", we will talk about the story of Liu Zhang.
When it comes to Liu Zhang, the first thing that many people think of is Cao Cao's evaluation: "Although Liu Zhang is a clan, he is the ear of the dog who guards the household, and he is a hero!" ”
Zhuge Liang also commented that "Liu Zhang is weak", so this set Liu Bei's next strategic goal as Liu Zhang.
In fact, Liu Zhang did not think that he could become a chaotic Haojie at that time, after all, he could not even defeat Zhang Lu, Liu Zhang heard that Cao Cao was going to attack Jingzhou, and immediately sent someone to comfort Cao Cao, Cao Cao was at this time to buy people's hearts, so he added Liu Zhang as a general of Zhenwei, and Liu Zhang's third brother Liu Mao as a general of Pingkou. [This Liu Mao died not long after, and later after Liu Bei pacified Yizhou, in order to calm people's minds, he married Liu Mao's wife Wu Shi, who later Became Empress Wu]
Liu Zhang, in order to show his gratitude, sent his subordinates to send Cao Cao 300 elite soldiers, plus some financial miscellaneous items, Cao Cao was very happy, so he sealed Zhang Su as Guanghan Taishou.
Then Liu Zhang wanted to continue to make good relations with Cao Cao and see the future situation to leave a way back, and as a result, the emissary sent this time was Zhang Su's younger brother Zhang Song, and Cao Cao had already occupied Jingzhou without bloodshed at this time, thinking that Liu Biao had been killed by me, what do you count as a Liu Zhang? In addition, Zhang Song was not reliable, so Cao Cao did not treat Zhang Song like Zhang Su.
Zhang Song was extremely angry, why did my brother Zhang Su come to see you and you made him Guanghan Taishou, and when I came to see you, you didn't mean anything? How does this make me look up at home?
Therefore, Zhang Song went back and vigorously slandered Cao Cao in front of Liu Zhang, asking Liu Zhang to invite Liu Bei into Sichuan. This is the famous "Zhang Song Xiantu" in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms".
Liu Liu had Zhang Song as an internal response, and soon entered Yizhou in the name of helping Liu Zhang to fight Zhang Lu, and then turned his face and directly besieged Chengdu, and Liu Zhang had no choice but to surrender. The year was the nineteenth year of Jian'an, 214 AD.
In fact, Liu Bei was still very good to this Liu surname, and it is recorded in the Three Kingdoms Chronicle that Liu Bei only moved Liu Zhang out of Chengdu and settled into Nan County, And Liu Zhang's belongings and the Zhenwei general Yin Shuo, who appointed Liu Zhang, did not move.
Moreover, liu Zhang's eldest son Liu Xun, although he failed to fight Liu Bei and was captured, was later appointed by Liu Bei as a general in Fengche and had been serving in Shu Han.
If Liu Bei could develop with peace of mind, Liu Zhang would probably stay in Gong'an County in this lifetime, but the situation in the Three Kingdoms developed and changed too quickly.
Sun Quan and Liu Bei soon broke up their alliance because of their ownership of Jingzhou, and when Liu Bei defeated Cao Cao as king of Hanzhong, Guan Yu launched the Northern Expedition to wei zhen Huaxia. This development trend of the Shu Han clique made everyone afraid, so Sun Quan secretly contacted Cao Cao, secretly attacked Guan Yu behind his back, and occupied Jingzhou, and the prosperity of Shu Han was interrupted.
Liu Zhang, who was in public security, also became a chess piece in Sun Quan's hands because of this war.
Therefore, Sun Quan deliberately went to the imperial court, arranged the position of Yizhou Mu for Liu Zhang, and settled the administrative office in Zigui, deliberately disgusting Liu Bei. Liu Zhang first became a prisoner of Liu Bei, and within a few years, he became a pawn of Sun Quan, presumably depressed in his heart, and died not long after.
After Liu Zhang's death, Yong Min in southern Yizhou rebelled under the banner of Liu Zhang, and Sun Quan made Liu Zhang's second son Liu Yan the so-called Assassin of Yizhou, adding chaos to the Shu Han at the junction of Jiaotong and Yizhou.
When Zhuge Liang stabilized the overall situation of Shu Han after Liu Bei's death, and then led the army to quell the rebellion of Yong Min and others, Liu Yan quickly ran back to Sun Quan's command, and Sun Quan saw that Liu Yan's name of "Yizhou Assassin History" was useless, so he gave him a position in the imperial history.
Nanzhong Hao led Yong Min to rebel against Yi County, attached to Wu. Quan Fu used Zhangzi to expound the history of Yizhou, and was the head of the Yijie and Yijie. Zhuge Liang, the chancellor, pinged the southern soil, explained wu, and became the imperial historian Zhongcheng. ——Romance of the Three Kingdoms - Liu Ermu Chuan No. 1
Since then, Liu Zhang's descendants have been divided between Wu and Shu.
In fact, in the chaotic world of the Three Kingdoms, whether it is Liu Zhang or his descendants can have such an ending, it is already considered good, what do you think?